Patrisse Khan-Cullors – Cannonball Read 17

What is the impact of not being valued? How do you measure the loss of what a human being does not receive?

When they call you a terrorist by Patrisse Khan-Cullers and Asha Bandele

July 16, 2019 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

CBR11Bingo – True Story This is book is both a lot of what I thought it would be and a little surprising in other ways. I initially avoided it, not because I didn’t think it would be good, but because I am not always ready to dive into a book in which my privilege and place in the world are actively interrogated. But once I got going, I was interested in the ways in which this book is a full-throated defense of existing and being […]

“I’ma wade through the waters. Tell the tide ‘don’t move'”

When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrisse Khan-Cullors

March 21, 2019 by Bea Pants 1 Comment

This book was a very difficult but necessary read. It belongs in college curricula and book clubs. Your racist family members should read it but never will, though you can get a couple of fact bombs from the book to drop in the middle of an awkward Thanksgiving dinner. This memoir by Patrisse Khan-Cullors will give a deeper understanding of the often fraught nature of modern Black life in America and firsthand account of the #blacklivesmatter movement. One of the most significant activist groups of […]

Insight Into The Life of an Activist (CBR10 BINGO)

August 28, 2018 by ASKReviews Leave a Comment

CBR 10 BINGO Square: Two Heads Are Better Than One (Reviewing with my partner, Mr. Lollygagger) Best for: Those who enjoy deeply personal memoirs. In a nutshell: Black Lives Matter founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors shares the story of her life so far, including her work as an activist, artist, and founder of the Black Lives Matter movement. Worth quoting: “For us, law enforcement had nothing to do with protecting and serving, but controlling and containing the movement of children.” “My father attended schools that did little […]

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